According to statistics released by the Survey Office of the National Bureau of Statistics in Zhejiang, based on the sampling of 4,700 rural families in 47 cities and counties (county-level cities and districts), the net per capita income of rural residents reached 11,303 yuan, an increase of 1,295 yuan over the previous year, an increase by 12.9%. With price factors excluded, actual increase was 8.6%. In 2010 the nominal growth rate was 4.8% higher than the previous year r, but actual growth rate was 0.9% lower than the previous year.